T20 Blast: Shadab Khan stars as Sussex smash Glamorgan
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Shadab Khan scored 87 not out and took a wicket as he led Sussex to victory
Vitality Blast, South Group: Glamorgan v Somerset |
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Sussex 182-6 (20 overs): Shadab 87*, Burgess 29; Van der Gugten 3-20, McIlroy 2-39 |
Glamorgan 162-8 (20 overs): Fletcher 57, Northeast 44; Currie 2-21, Mills 2-28 |
Sussex (2 pts) beat Glamorgan by 20 runs |
Shadab Khan's 87 not out led Sussex to a dominant 20-run T20 victory over Glamorgan at Sophia Gardens.
Glamorgan reduced Sussex to 44-4 before Shadab entered to bring some calm and accelerate towards the end for the visitors.
Sussex posted 182-6 and Glamorgan's chase fell away to 162-8 as their last-eight hopes came to an end.
Cameron Fletcher's 57 top scored for the hosts, and Sam Northeast hit 44, but the Sussex attack took control.
Glamorgan needed to win to have any hopes of reaching the quarter-finals and made a good start with the ball.
Sussex scored 22 from the first two overs, but Harrison Ward chipped a full delivery to a grateful Will Smale off Timm van der Gugten to give Glamorgan a breakthrough
One brought two as Ollie Carter showed intent but lacked execution and chipped a ramp shot in the air to give Van der Gugten his second of the over.
Wickets continued to fall as Tom Clark looked good for his 24, but chipped the ball to Ruaidhri Smith at mid-off in the fourth over.
A huge wicket for Glamorgan in the fifth over saw the back of Sussex captain Ravi Bopara for just four runs, edging Jamie McIlroy down the leg side and taken superbly behind the stumps by Chris Cooke.
Shadab and Michael Burgess steadied the ship in the middle of the innings, combining for 58 runs to get Sussex back into the match.
Shadab hit two sixes off Andrew Salter in the 13th over as the visitors found their groove.
Burgess fell in the 14th, bowled by Andy Gorvin for 29 as Glamorgan tried to regain control of the innings.
Shadab reached his half-century in the 16th over on the way to 87 not out, aided by James Coles (20) in a stand of 78.
Glamorgan's fielding contributed to the Sussex total, with Shadab being dropped by Sam Northeast on seven and Salter on 58.
Glamorgan's innings got off to the worst possible start with captain Kiran Carlson first ball by Brad Currie.
Will Smale and Sam Northeast appeared to be building a strong partnership when Tymal Mills made Smale play onto his stumps for 25.
Northeast put together a 49 partnership with Cameron Fletcher but was dismissed by Bopara, holing out to Ward at deep mid-wicket.
Ward also took a fine catch later, flipping it up to himself as he navigated the boundary rope to dismiss Van der Gugten off Shadab.
Shadab, Bopara and Mills bowled superbly, with Mills changing pace effectively to keep Glamorgan's batters off balance.
Glamorgan's chase faltered badly with the required run rate climbing each over and the result decided before Fletcher reached his half-century.
The two teams meet again at Sophia Gardens in the County Championship on Sunday.
Sussex coach Paul Farbrace told BBC Sport:
"I thought they bowled very well. The partnership between Shadab and Burgess was the partnership that got us back in the game, and then Coles and Shadab, excellent partnership to get a decent total.
"That's the thing with T20 cricket; one person gets in, plays well, and you've always got a chance of posting a decent total, but at 40-4 I was thinking maybe it's not our night tonight.
"I think we spent about 15 days trying to get (Carlson) out in the four-day game at Hove, so to get him out in one ball was quite a bonus really.
"Shadab the last two night has been outstanding, he's playing with stitches in his hand and really probably shouldn't be playing, but his contributions have been outstanding for us."
Glamorgan batter Sam Northeast told BBC Sport Wales:
"We missed a few opportunities in the field which cost us a bit, and then we ended up chasing a lot more than we probably should have been. And then with the bat, we got ourselves into a good position (but) weren't able to kick on with some momentum.
"A disappointing night because I think actually we did a lot right, but there were a few crucial mistakes.
"The injuries haven't helped in the campaign, Cookey and Col (Ingram) were in unbelievable form at the start but we've got a lot to work on and improve before the one-day comp, to give that a really good crack.
"We've had changing (batting) orders, missing some crucial players, though I felt we could have done a job tonight and gone to Hampshire with a good chance of qualifying, but it wasn't to be."